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Experts confirmed that Egypt is safe and outside the earthquake belts, and pointed out that what it is always exposed to is simple, imperceptible tremors.
Experts at the National Institute for Astronomical Research in Egypt revealed details of the most dangerous active seismic areas in the country, stressing that areas in the north and east of the country are exposed to tremors, but they are not felt or felt by citizens.
Experts revealed in statements to Al Arabiya.net that earthquakes are sudden, rapid vibrations that affect the earth’s crust when rocks explode, and they may be ineffective or visible, and sometimes they may be devastating.
outside the earthquake belts
The experts revealed that Egypt is safe and located outside the earthquake belts and activities in general, but it is exposed from time to time to some weak or medium earthquakes, especially those whose center is located in the eastern Mediterranean region, and the northern Red Sea, stressing, for example, but not limited to, that Egypt was hit by an earthquake yesterday, Tuesday. Simple with a strength of 2.6 Richter and it was imperceptible or impressive.
They added that there is seismic activity in the north and east of the Red Sea, the Dahshur region south of Cairo, Abu Zaabal and Al-Khanka northeast of Cairo, noting that there are some seismic activities in the eastern Mediterranean region, affecting the cities of the northern coast such as Alexandria, Rashid and Damietta, and its impact reaches parts of the Delta cities. .
They added that there are some seismically active areas in the south of the country that are relatively less than their counterparts in the north, such as the Kalabsha area in Aswan, which was subjected to an earthquake in 1981, which resulted in large cracks in the rocks of one of the banks of Lake Nasser.
Non-serious tremors
Dr. Mohamed Taha, an expert at the center, said that the institute has a map of the active areas of earthquakes in Egypt, and monitoring stations can detect them daily and easily through satellites and stations, adding that it is possible to accurately know the location of the earthquake, its duration, effects, repercussions and followingshocks.
He confirmed that Egypt and since the occurrence Turkey earthquake It is exposed to followingshocks and followingshocks, but it is weak and does not pose any danger, strongly denying what he mentioned Dutch world The possibility of the country being exposed to a violent and devastating earthquake.
The media center of the Council of Ministers had denied that Egypt would be exposed to a “tsunami” wave and devastating earthquakes in the coming days as a result of the earthquakes that Syria and Turkey are exposed to.
The center confirmed that there is a continuous and accurate follow-up of the activity of any earthquakes or earthquakes that may occur, through the “National Seismic Network”, where the preliminary data of the earthquakes that some neighboring countries were exposed to are immediately analyzed.
He added that no indications or predictions have been observed that warn of Egypt’s exposure to either devastating earthquakes or dangerous “tsunami” waves during the coming period.
